ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME

Rolling Stone recently issued an updated list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Here are 5 cool selections, followed by the top 5 Greatest Songs of All Time. You can find the entire list in a special collectors edition of Rolling Stone available now @ newsstands everywhere.

#493. "Time To Pretend" (2008) by MGMT

#478. "Last Night" (2001) by The Strokes

#386. "Maps" (2004) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

#283. "Pictures of You" (1989) by The Cure

#160. "Moment of Surrender" (2009) by U2

TOP 5 GREATEST SONGS

OF ALL TIME

#5. "Respect" (1967) by Aretha Franklin

 #4. "What's Going On" (1971) by Marvin Gaye

#3. "Imagine" (1971) by John Lennon

#2. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965) 

by The Rolling Stones

#1. "Like A Rolling Stone" (1965) by Bob Dylan

All songs are available for download @ iTunes.

Propagandas mundialistas

Los Argentinos de la Cadena televisiva T y C Sport, le apuestan a las coincidencias para llamar la atención y fomentar la esperanza de que su selección gane el Mundial, cosa que a criterio personal no es nada imposible.

La eterna comparación entre Messi y Maradona ahora T y C Sport la hace "coincidencias"

You & Me: Documentary

Prue Adams, Aunty Carol Cooper, Virginia Field

"You & Me", the film, tells the story of a friendship between two women who grew up in the same Blue Mountains community but whose experience of life was very different.

Aunty Carol Cooper is a Darug and Gundungurra Elder, and a Traditional Owner of the Blue Mountains; Virginia Field is of Anglo-Celtic descent, and her family has lived in the Blue Mountains for four generations.

Basketball brought them together, and now, more than 40 years later, they are telling their story as a declaration of reconciliation, and as an invitation to others to share their stories.

“Basketball was something Carol and I were passionate about and it gave us a way to express ourselves,” Virginia said.

“Despite having different life experiences and cultural boundaries as kids, as we got to know each other there was a really strong sense of connection and respect between us and our families.

“Making the documentary wasn’t easy.

“But after the apology by Federal Parliament to the Stolen Generation we felt it was the right time to talk about our childhood and present a positive story of reconciliation — an expression of friendship being the bottom line.”

Aunty Carol said “maybe through this film other people may feel they can talk about their own experiences and feel that now is the right time for that.”

Towards the end of the documentary, the pair planted a Wollemi Pine in the European-style garden of the Carrington Hotel, which holds special meaning for both of them.

One of Virginia’s ancestors purchased the site but didn’t like the area so he sold it in the 1870s before the hotel was built and moved to Blackheath.

Aunty Carol’s grandmother once worked as a washerwoman at the hotel, but at the time she was only allowed inside through the back door.

The filmmakers acknowledge and respect the Darug and Gundungurra peoples as the traditional custodians of the Blue Mountains NSW, where the film was made.

A special premiere screening of You and Me was held at 2.45pm for a 3pm start on Sunday, May 30 at The Edge Cinema.

http://www.youandmestories.org

Dorothy Parker

El amor es como el mercurio en la mano. Deja la mano abierta y él permanecerá; agárralo firmemente y escapará.

Dorothy Parker

Ilustración: cortesía de: torredemarfilauryn.blogspot.com

DE MOCHILEO POR EL PERU

Estoy a dos meses de tomar mis 16 días de vacaciones y despues de que en los dos ocaciones anteriores a estas hice turismo interno, esta vez la decisión fue de viajar fuera de mi país.
Hace unos 4 años nuestro amigo Franklin, mochilero de corazón, hizo su recorrido por el Perú hasta llegar a la ciudad de Cusco, pero le quedo incompleto el viaje por falta de recursos. Este año nos hemos reunido con 4 amigos para poder hacer esta expedición.

El viaje comienza el 30 de Julio en la noche con la salida desde Guayaquil hasta aguas verdes, hay que pasar la frontera presentando solo la cedula, de ahi nos embarcamos hasta Piura, hacemos transbordo a otro carro que nos lleva a Trujillo donde descansaremos 1 día.

Ya para el 1 de Agosto recorreremos Trujillo, sus plazas, parques, iglesias que son del tipo colonial y daremos una visita a la zona franca, ya que trujillo es un Puerto. En la noche saldremos para Lima a la que llegaremos entrada la mañana.

Esperamos cojer carro enseguida para poder continuar nuestro viaje ya que luego de seis horas de salir de Lima estaremos arribando a la ciudad de Ica para poder apreciar las famosas Lineas de Nazca, eso será 2 de Agosto. Este paso del viaje todavia esta en discución ya que existen criterios de que debemos dejar de lado este punto y dirigirnos hasta la ciudad de Arequipa, al sur del Perú.

Si el itinerario se cumple estaremos llegando a Arequipa el 3 de Agosto. La ciudad de Arequipa posee una infinidad de sitios de visita obligada para los turistas , por lo que tomaremos los City Tours y Campiña Tours, con una duración promedio de 3 horas, donde podremos conocer la Plaza de Armas de Arequipa, el Convento de Santa Catalina, el Mirador de Yanahuara, recorrer distintos lugares campestres y ver la hermosa campiña, entre otros. Esteremos ahi el 3 y 4 de Agosto. Importante la llegada a este punto es para la adquisición de los famosos Cocamelos(Caramelos de coca) y el famoso Té de coca que nos ayudaran a soportar los 4100 metros de altura de nuestro siguiente destino.

El 4 en la noche saldremos desde Arequipa y viajaremos como seis horas para llegar a Puno. En Puno encontramos el Lago Titicaca que es el mas alto del mundo así como una cultura muy tradicional, aquí podemos encontrar las islas flotantes de los Uros, las Chulpas, entre otros, el visitarlo solo nos tomará dos días de nuestro viaje. Posiblemente para la noche del 5 o la mañana del 6 de Agosto comenzaremos el viaje a nustro destino principal, la ciudad de Cusco.

En Cusco nos encontraremos con nuestra amiga Verónica que llegara en avion. Aqui encontramos una de las Siete Maravillas del Mundo, Machu Picchu punto obligado de visita para todo turista que llega al Perú, conocer el Cusco y sus valles nos tomara 3 días para poder deleitarnos de las grandes maravillas que ofrece esta ciudad tradicional y representativa del Perú. Los paseos por la ciudad, el valle sagrado y el paseo del Inca y finalmente el viaje en tren hasta el parque de Machu Picchu. Estaremos ahi desde el 6 al 10 de Agosto día en que emprendemos viaje de regreso.

Ya tenemos hecha la investigación de campo para hacer el presupuesto de gastos de este viaje y encontramos que llegaremos a gastar un total de 600 dólares, tampoco es que nos alojaremos en hoteles 5 estrellas y comeremos en restaurantes Gourmet pero nos alojaremos en buenos hoteles y comeremos las comidas tipicas de la región.
El regreso lo haremos el día 10 de Agosto, ya en Lima pensare el si me regreso en avion hasta Guayaquil o me vengo en carro ya que despues de un paseo tan largo y agotador tener dos o tres dias mas de recorrido en bus es matador por muy comodos que estos sean.
Como nota importante es necesario decirles que es impresionante la forma en que los peruanos promocionan el turismo a su país, paginas web de info perú con detalles de hoteles, rutas de transportes, tipos de buses, precios en soles y dólares, y en cada ciudad oficinas de info perú listas a la ayuda del turista. Que envidia me da, y que pena que una industria tan lucrativa como el turismo sea tan desaprovechada en nuestro país que tiene harto potencial de desarrollo.

Guayaquil llena de Cenizas

Eran las 1:30 pm y salgo de mi casa para ir a ver a mi sobrina a su colegio, el día esta bastante oscuro, le dije a mi madre, que pasará. Viajabamos por la Francisco de Orellana y me decia a mi mismo, que pasa parece neblina. Más adelante veiamos a los vendedores ambulantes con sus ojos llorosos, ya la cosa pasaba de claro a oscuro, pero comenzabamos a sentir una picazón en la garganta, la radio anunciaba la erupción del Volcan Tungurahua, increible lo que hacia sombrio el dia era ceniza volcanica, primera vez que pasa en esta ciudad.

La nube resultante de la erupción volcanica esta vez fue muy alta y mezclado con el viento que iba en sentido sur oeste, según información de prensa, provoco que esta ciudad se llene de ceniza.

Mi sobrina fue afectada con este suceso ya que a los niños de su colegio los cojio por sorpresa, le picaban los ojos y su garganta le ardia. Gracias a diós no le paso mada más pero no pudo salir a jugar.

Behind the mining boss scares!

Mining and Energy Bulletins
Bulletin Vol. 13, No. 14

27 May 2010

New Rich List reveals: Mining Bosses increase their personal fortunes by $9 Billion in 12-months

No wonder the mining bosses are kicking and screaming against the Rudd Government’s proposed super-profits tax – they don’t want to share any of the enormous wealth they make from Australia’s non-renewable natural resources with the people who own them.

It is purely and simply a matter of GREED.

The release today of the Business Review Weekly (BRW) annual Rich 200 List, reveals that Australia’s richest mining bosses increased their personal fortunes by $9 Billion in the past 12-months. That is $9 Billion on top of the Billions they were already worth last year.

The two most vocal and hysterical opponents of the new super-profits tax are WA’s Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and Queensland’s Clive Palmer.

Twiggy Forrest is the 4th richest person in Australia with a $4.24 Billion fortune while Mr Palmer comes in 7th with $3.92 Billion.

Both of these made their entire fortunes from exploiting the natural resources that belong to the people of Australia.

The idea that billionaire mining bosses and billionaire mining companies cannot afford to give the Australian people a fairer return on the resources that we own is absurd.

That mining bosses like Twiggy Forrest and Clive Palmer continue to amass massive fortunes while mining communities struggle to keep pace with the sharp end of the resources boom, is equally obscene.

Ahora si lo he visto todo

Ardi Rizal es el niño fumador más pequeño del mundo. Es de indonesia, tiene apenas dos años de edad y escandaliza al mundo por un vicio poco común a su edad. Ardi es adicto al cigarrillo, tanto así que llega a fumar hasta 40 al día.

Iniciado en este vicio por el padre cuando este tenia 18 meses, ahora no puede dejarlo y el padre esta preocupado porque se tiene que gastar 4 dólares diarios para mantener el vicio de su hijo y sus ingresos no alcarzan.

Que padre para más de Hijo de P... preocupado mas por su economía que por la salud de su hijo, este mundo esta cada día mas en la mierda

10 years ago: Reconciliation march

28 May 2000
Taking 6 hours to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge a huge crowd estimated at something like 200,000 and 300,000, easily outstripping even the biggest anti-Vietnam War and nuclear disarmament rallies of earlier decades. A week later, about 60,000 people marched in Brisbane. Scores of smaller walks followed throughout the country, culminating in big marches in Melbourne and Perth at the end of the year.

By the time they finished, more than half a million Australians had marched, confirming reconciliation as a people's movement.

SBS: SOS

Last week, the Managing Director of SBS Television announced that another one-third of the staff of the SBS Subtitling Unit will be made redundant. On top of the marginalisation of unique multicultural content, the introduction of mid-program advertising, and the programming of the station to render it thoroughly mainstream, we are now left fighting for the survival of a distinctively Australian resource.

The Subtitling Unit was essential to what made SBS Television unique in global broadcasting. Now it will be left with 20 staff serving three channels, where once 60 staff served one single channel. For what little non-English content remains on the station, the MD has said he will buy inferior subtitles overseas, because they are cheaper.

The SBS Subtitling Unit has been acknowledged for decades to be the best in the world. If it were a football team, it would be regarded as a national treasure and promoted, marketed and funded accordingly. Instead, it will now be the victim of a rationalisation to save a few dollars, and in the process, the jobs of a team of specially skilled Australians will go offshore.

Save SBS Television. Copy this and email your MP

Henry: Mining sector did not stop recession

The mining sector did not keep Australia out of recession, and any claim that it did is not backed up by the facts, Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has told a Senate hearing.

"The suggestion that the mining industry kept Australia out of recession is curious to say the least," Dr Henry said.

''It is true that Australia avoided a recession, but the Australian mining industry actually experienced quite a deep recession. In the first six months of 2009 it shed 15 per cent of its workers. Mining investment collapsed, mining output collapsed.

''Had every industry behaved that way our unemployment rate would have climbed to 19 per cent.''

ACCC: How Telstra blocks ADSL2

Telstra has asked to be fined $4 million for mistakenly excluding competitors' broadband servers from telephone exchanges over two years, instead of the $40 million being sought by the competition watchdog.

The telecommunications giant argues poor supervision rather than a deliberate corporate policy allowed Telstra Wholesale staff to reject applications from competitors who wanted to install ADSL2+ broadband equipment in Telstra exchanges, even though there was enough space for the equipment.

The ACCC claims Telstra indulged in anti-competitive behaviour when it rejected 27 applications from competitors at seven different exchanges between January 2006 and February 2008, and has asked Justice John Middleton to set a fine for Telstra.

Telstra remains the only service able to provide ADSL2 at the Katoomba exchange in the Blue Mountains. Is their simply no room there for other service providers equipment?

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ACTU: Abolish ABCC

The ACTU has welcomed the announcement that the head of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will not seek reappointment when his term expires in September.

The ABCC was set up by the Howard Government and has been an abject failure. It should now be abolished, said ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence.

"Under John Lloyd the ABCC has engaged in politically partisan behaviour that is inconsistent with its obligations as a statutory body.

"Earlier this year a major report by the International Labour organisation (ILO) found the Australian Building and Construction Commission is in breach of international laws and fails to protect workers.

"International industrial laws are intended to protect the rights of workers, not persecute them," said ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence.

"Yet this is precisely what the ABCC does. Overwhelmingly, the ABCC has investigated and prosecuted workers rather than employers.

"The ABCC has wasted millions of dollars while health and safety in the construction industry has not improved.

"There should be one set of laws for all workers, regardless of the industry they work in."

CFMEU: Abolish ABCC

Construction unions have again called on the Federal Government to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) after its head John Lloyd announced that he would not reapply for the position when his term expires in September.

CFMEU C&G Divsion National Secretary Dave Noonan said, “Mr Lloyd has been a vocal supporter of the Howard government’s policies and has even participated in meetings of the extremist HR Nicholls Society. Under his leadership the ABCC has failed to prosecute even one employer for ripping off construction workers wages and entitlements, despite having the responsibility to do so.

“But the real issue here is not who heads up the ABCC - it is that the law which underpins the institution is discriminatory and unfair. Justice will only be served when Australian workers are all subject to the same industrial laws. That means one law for all.

George Gotsis turns 80

George Gotsis is widely known as the Godfather of May Day in Sydney keeping it alive for the past four decades. At the celebration organised by the MUA Sydney Branch for his 80th birthday he said:

"I'm very proud to be a member of the Maritime Union and proud to continue the working class struggle,'" he said. "The best days of the worker are the days of struggle."

George recalled his first years in Australia in the sixties working at BHP in Port Kembla, organising Greek immigrant workers.

"We were all unskilled workers from southern Europe," he said. "The job was dangerous and young workers were burnt and injured. We had to organise ourselves and the first progressive union leader I met was Snowy Webster from the Seamen's Union."

In 1964 George got a tip off from the local wharfies' branch jobs going on the Sydney wharves. Soon after began organizing black bans on Greek shipping to protest the military junta and the arrest of Greek maritime union leaders. Maritime unions slapped 48 bans on five ships.

"EV Elliot said we'd continue the bans until the people won freedom in Greece," George recalled.

So it was no surprise when George made his first application for citizenship under the conservative government it was rejected.

"In 1966 I made an application of citizenship," he said. "And here's what they said: 'Your application for naturalisation as an Australian citizen has been received but after careful consideration, the minister has decided your application is not acceptable.'"

A couple of years later George tried again. And again it was refused. In 1969 the outcome was the same.

"With the election of the Whitlam Government in 1972 and Al Grasby becoming minister for immigration George was confident his application would not be rejected again. But it was. This time it did not even reach the minister. The department rejected the application.

So George went to his union and a call went through with the message that if George Gotsis was not made an Australian citizen within the week they'd stop all the ships.

"In three days I was a citizen," said George.

Un paseo por la METROSARDINA

Treparse a un bus en Guayaquil es una autentica experiencia, uno observa peleas, gritos, vendedores ambulantes, gente entrando con miles de cosas, en algunos casos y dependiendo del lugar por donde vaya el bus hasta con animales, tipico de esta ciudad.

Desde que se instalo la Metrovia en Guayaquil, el traslado por estas unidades se ha vuelto mucho más rapido, y tiene que ser ya que tiene un carril exclusivo, y ya no se ve todo lo que se ve en un Bus normal, al menos eso creia yo.

Ayer me toco viajar hasta el sur para realizar algunos asuntos y decidi cojer la Metrovia o como le dice el Mochilero del Viento, la MetroSardina. El problema se ve poco en los buses alimentadores pero en los articulados ya el asunto es otro.

Debido a mi contextura grande no soy de los que le gusta quedarse rodeado de mucha gente, apretado, así que me coloco en el centro del Bus, en el espacio de la articulación, casi nadie va ahi, y de ahi aparte de espacio tengo una visión plena de todo lo que pasa en el Bus. Llegando a la estación Atarazana el bus se lleno al tope maximo.

Cuando viajaba en los buses normales nadie le daba el asiento a las señoras y a pesar de las multiples propagandas donde piden cortesia con las mujeres en la metrovia sucede lo mismo, varios varones sentados mientras las señoras estan de pie, algunas con paquetes o niños.

Otra de las cosas que no cambian es que la gente se queda en la puerta y no avanza dentro del Bus lo que provoca que la gente se tropiece al salir con los que van entrando y los que se quedan en la puerta.

Otra de las cosas que pasan y que se parecen a los buses normales es el morboso de los buses, ayer vi al tipico morboso que aprovechando la gran cantidad de gente que se trepa al bus, busca ponerse atras de las chicas e irse pegando y empujando lo que provoca el reclamo de la chica y el se hace el loco y se va a buscar otra chica a otro lado del bus.

Los asientos amarillos son para embrasadas y tercera edad, pero ayer vi a una chica sentarse en esos asientos y negarse abandonarlo aduciendo que estaba con su pie lesionado, pero cuando se bajo de la metrovia caminaba como si no hubiera pasado nada.

Y pasan muchas cosas mas, lo unico bueno que no se da es la entrada de vendedores informales y con el poco espacio que hay seria imposible para ellos vender ahi, pero en general, al menos para mi, no encuentro diferencia entre viajar en metrovia que hacerlo en bus normal más que el puramente economico ya que mientras no salga del circuito de la metrovia seguire solo con un pasaje.

Todo un Show este paseo por la METROSARDINA

SONG OF THE WEEK - "Plundered My Soul" by The Rolling Stones

"Plundered My Soul" by The Rolling Stones

(click above to watch video)

With a newly tracked guitar opening by Mick Taylor and additional recorded vocals by Mick Jagger, "Plundered My Soul" is brought to life. Originally recorded somewhere between the late '60's & early '70's, this lost, soul infused rock gem is a refreshing reminder of what great music is all about.

You can find "Plundered My Soul" on the remastered deluxe edition of "Exile on Main St." (2010/1972).

You can check out more about the Rolling Stones @ www.rollingstones.com

Marilina Ross & Teresa Parodi

COMO LA HIEDRA

Detrás de la pared
El color del día ya se fue
Un día más
Y nada cambiará
Mi ilusión, perenne será

Como la hiedra
Entre las piedras, y la humedad

Aquí no hay padres, lo sé
Aquí no hay nadie, lo sé
A quien pedir perdón
Por un instante, dejé
Mi sueño errante se fue
Como en la muerte el dolor

Entre las rejas, estoy
Sufriendo mi perdición
Por no tener control
Mi vida desperdicié
Encerrado vivir...

Como la hiedra estoy creciendo
Entre las sombras, paredes y humedad
Día a día voy muriendo
Quiero estar
Quiero entrar

Como la hiedra, estoy creciendo
Como la hiedra, me estoy muriendo

Sentir que estoy sobreviviendo
Que el tibio sol no puedo alcanzar
A mí recuerdos están viniendo
Mi lugar, mi ciudad
Quiero escapar
De este lugar
Y los amigos de la noche ya no están
No quiero ser, como la hiedra 

Letra y música:

Marilina Ross

POR AMARTE BUSCO EL CIELO

Como la pared
que no deja ver
cuando nace el día
dicen que es tu amor
y que tienes un corazón de piedra
y aunque sea así
por quererte yo
soy como la hiedra.

Dicen que tu amor
es una pared
alta y carcelera
dejalos decir
y álzate ante mi
solo porque puedas
para no morir
desde la raíz
ser como la hiedra.

POR AMARTE BUSCO EL CIELO
AUNQUE SEAS COMO UN MURO
ABRAZANDOME A TUS PIEDRAS.
POR AMARTE BUSCO EL CIELO
CADA DIA QUE ME QUIERAS
EN TU CUERPO HABRAS DE HALLARME
SOY COMO LA HIEDRA.

Dicen que tu amor
es una pared
que hasta el sol me niega
y aunque sea así
dejame enrredar mi alma a su corteza
no me arrancarán ni la tempestad
soy como la hiedra.

POR AMARTE BUSCO EL CIELO
AUNQUE SEAS COMO UN MURO
ABRAZANDOME A TUS PIEDRAS.
POR AMARTE BUSCO EL CIELO
CADA DIA QUE ME QUIERAS
EN TU CUERPO HABRAS DE HALLARME
SOY COMO LA HIEDRA.

Letra y Música:

Teresa Parodi

 

BIcentenario del Día de la Patria

¡AL GRAN PUEBLO ARGENTINO SALUD!

THE LOST '80's - Songs You Might Have Forgotten About

"LOST In Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson 

(click above to watch video)

 Debbie Gibson hit #1 with this piano driven love song in 1989. Jimmy Kimmel pays tribute to the show "LOST" with this hilarious video clip.

 You can watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC.

You can find "Lost In Your Eyes" on Debbie Gibson's 

"Electric Youth" (1989) album 

or you can download this song @ iTunes.

Cafayate weather

We're tracking daily weather -- high, low, rain -- in Cafayate.

Rain is shown as a binary condition: the forecast data either said rain or no rain, so 100 is a rain day, & 0 is a non- rain day.

R.I.P. Paul Gray (1972-2010)

Paul Gray was the bassist for the American heavy metal band Slipknot. He was found dead in an Iowa hotel room the morning of May 24. Formed in 1995, Slipknot has released 5 albums (4 studio, 1 live) and has sold over 14 millions records worldwide so far. They have been nominated 7 times for the Best Metal Performance Grammy, and won in 2006 for the song "Before I Forget" from Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (2005). 

Click here to watch "Before I Forget".

You can read more about Paul Gray's death @ www.rollingstone.com

and you can check out Slipknot @ www.slipknot1.com

TOP FIVE "VICTORIA" SONGS

HAPPY VICTORIA DAY!

In honor of Victoria Day, here are the top 5 "Victoria" songs.

1) "Victoria Day" (2009) by Melissa McClelland
(click above to watch a live performance)

Evoking a vintage '50's jazz-pop sound. Retro sweet.

2) "Victoria" (1969) by The Kinks 

(click above to watch a live perfomance)

A classic from one of the pioneers of the British invasion.

3) "Victoria" (1999) by John Mayer

 (click above to hear song)

Another slice of acoustic guitar pop/rock from one of music's finest singer/songwriters.

4) "Victoria" (1996) by Old 97's

(click above to watch a live performance)

An alt-country jam from a band that deserves a wider audience.

5) "What's Victoria's Secret?" (2008)
by Rick Springfield
(click above to watch a video clip)
 Well, it might not be quite as memorable as "Jessie's Girl", yet there's still a lot of great pop/rock hooks left in 60 year-old Rick Springfield.
 

 All songs are available for download @ iTunes.

30 años de PAC-MAN

Todavia recuerdo ese momento en que me regalaron mi primer Pac-Man, y en verdad el único de mi vida juvenil, era una cajita pequeña negra que tenia en medio una pantallita de 5cm x 10cm y abajo de ella una palanca para poder darle dirección al pac-man, lo llevabamos a la piscina del Centro Civico una hora antes de entrenar para pasarnos ese tiempo jugandolo.

Hoy el Jueguito del come puntos en el laberinto cumple 30 años de creación. En 1980, Arcade y Namco lanzaron Pacman, uno título que hoy sigue vigente y que ha tenido un sin número de versiones y adaptaciones. En España, Pacman es conocido como ‘comecocos’. Desde que Pac-Man fue presentado en otoño de 1979, fue un éxito. Se convirtió en un fenómeno mundial en la industria de los videojuegos, y acabó con las reglas impuestas por Space Invaders. Acabó con la 'acción shoot-em-up (disparar a todos)' para reemplazarla por un formato único, humorístico y poco violento que gustó a las chicas además de a los chicos.

Este juego aun sigue gustando a chicos, grandes y algunos bien mayorcitos que vemos en este juego una manera de salir de la rutina que nos abruma dia a dia. Ahora en Play Station yo conservo una versión de Pac-Man un poco mas moderna y tambíen una clasica que comparto con mis sobrinos. No soy un fanatico de los video juegos aun cuando tenia un negocio y lucraba de ellos, pero Pac-Man es para mi una leyenda de los video juegos.

animals of Argentina

Alec Earnshaw is an animal lover & photographer who has created this huge gallery of photographs of the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, & insects of Argentina. He also is available to give guided bird walks in & around Buenos Aires.

If you are planning to be at La Estancia for the October event, there is a northwest Argentina birding tour starting on October 23rd in Buenos Aires that continues on the 24th in Tucuman. Anyone interested in signing up? Here's a Glittering-bellied Emerald hummingbird (Chlorostilbon aureoventris):

AMWU: Build Them Here

The AMWU in NSW is launching its 'Build Them Here' campaign to call on the New South Wales Government to award transport contracts locally, rather than sending them overseas.

The AMWU wants the NSW government to award train, bus and ferry contracts to manufacterers in the Hunter region in order to protect local manufacturing jobs and the manufacturing industry.

An independent report commissioned by the AMWU has found if these contracts were secured locally at least 1,200 direct jobs would be created.

Local content requirements for public transport procurement have dropped significantly in recent years.

Train carriages and buses are now commonly brought in from overseas in flat pack or shell form, to be fitted and out and given their finishing touches here.

This trend is undermining our local transport manufacturing industries.

Due to some ongoing contracts, NSW has managed to maintain the skills and technologies needed to build our buses, train and ferries.

But if the NSW Government – the biggest player in transport procurement – continues to send the work to low-cost offshore competitors, it won’t be long before we lose our skills base and manufacturing capacity.

In the tendering process for the next round of trains, buses and ferries, we are asking the NSW Government to:

• insist tenderers submit a local industry participation plan
• commit where possible to build locally to maximise content
• specify a three to one apprentice to tradesman ratio.
• A strong transport manufacturing capacity in NSW can build jobs, offer an efficient solution to public transport procurement into the future and drive our economy.

For more information and to support the campaign, visit the Build Them Here campaign.

Ginny's house

Great progress on Ginny's house. These photos from Juan Paravicino earlier this week.

exterior trim

living room ceiling

master bedroom floor

PLAY IT AGAIN - Songs You Might Have Missed The First Time Around

"Be" by Common

 "Walk like warriors, we were never told to run

Explored the world to return to where my soul begun

Never looking back or too far in front of me

The present is a gift

and I just wanna Be."

The title track from Common's Grammy nominated Rap Album of the Year (2006), "Be" is a soulful proclamation advising you to rise to your potential and let yourself be free. From the cool sounds of the opening double bass, to the groovin' sample of Albert Jones' "Mother Nature" (1977), "Be" is an exceptional work of art.

"Be" by Common
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You can find "Be" (produced by Kanye West) on Common's album "Be" (2005).
This song is also available for download @ iTunes.

Cafayate house, updated plans

Since late March, we have been working with Carolina Meregaglia, our liaison at Calchaqui Homes, on our house design, which is nearly done. We are very pleased with the results. 

Here are the latest plans (click on an image to see it larger):

downstairs

upstairs

front door view faces south

street view faces east